greatest hits: the top-50 stories

A WAY TO GARDEN TURNED 4 IN MARCH 2012, old enough to have a “greatest hits” list. And here it is: the top-50 stories of all time, based on what YOU clicked on most. Enjoy! (If this list isn’t enough, Margaret’s Madcap List of Her 21 Favorites awaits you afterward.)

1. Dan Koshansky’s Refrigerator Pickles
2. Hot Plant: Stewartia, an Ideal Small Tree
3. Growing a Better Tomato: Seed to Harvest
4. The Toughest Groundcovers I Rely On
5. Think Fall, Yes Fall (Viburnums)

1. Everything Old Is New: Green Posters from WPA
2. Beloved Conifers: Weeping Alaska Cedar
3. 10 Thoughts on Successful Underplanting
4. From the Forums: Pruning Viburnums
5. Complaint Dept. is Open: No More ‘No Nos‘
6. Pruning Lilacs
7. Growing and Storing a Year of Parsley
8. Tips for Growing Better Tomatoes from Seed
9. Just Saying No To Deer, with Fencing
10. Garden Open Day Today: A Mini Virtual Tour
11. Clafoutis Batter: Universal Solvent of Fruit Dessert
12. 5 Small Trees You Can Make Room For
13. Great Shrubs: A Roundup of Some Favorites
14. Cardboard as Mulch
15. Books: Cheap But Priceless
16. Composting Basics
17. Putting a Fine Edge on Things
18. The 2009 Garden in Pictures: A Slideshow
19. Brrrr! Overwintering Tips for Tender Plants
20. Fall Planting: 21 Powerhouse Perennials I’d Order
21. Pruning Pared Way Down
22. 2010 Resolution: A No Work Garden
23. Begonia of the Week: ‘Dragon Wing’ Red
24. A Glossary of Favorite Lilacs
25. Making Quick Tomato Sauce, Ever So Slowly
26. Here, Finally, Come the Hellebores
27. Seed Starting Basics
28. Beloved Conifer: Japanese Umbrella Pine
29. An Update on Underplanting Trees and Shrubs
30. Voila! My First Orchid Reblooms
31. Pruning Roundup: What Shrubs I Prune When
32. Some Favorite Clematis
33. Great Shrub: Physocarpus Opulifolius
34. Waiting, Waiting for a Ripe Tomato
35. A Plant I’d Order: Hakonechloa ‘All Gold’
36. Blooming This Week: Species Peonies
37. The Best Hydrangeas Aren’t Blue
38. Slideshow: Think Fall, Yes Fall (Part 2)
39. What Weed Is It? Putting Names to Pesky Plants
40. Lilac Pruning and Perfuming
41. A Favorite Poem to Mark Passings In the Garden
42. Take a Walk with Me
43. Taking a Long Look at Lespedeza Thunbergii
44. Pesto-Fest! (Garlicky Green Ice Cubes)
45. Slideshow: 8 Favorite Garden Ephemerals

Want more? Margaret’s List of Her 21 Madcap Favorites is here.